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i think mohamed morsy understands that. i think he's looking at the u.s. reaction. and i think a measured but strong response is better than trying to shift the tides of history because i think ultimately, you can't shift tides but you can do a constructive set of steps that help people think more clearly about what they're doing. >> i know we're bouncing around a bit but i want to talk more about what's happening on the border with gaza and israel. this week, when the leader of hamas said that israel waved the white flag, he also said he was grateful to iran for their support. what is iran's role moving forward? >> well, nobody really knows that. i think if you thought that you saw spin rooms after the presidential debates i think you're seeing much more high-powered spin rooms after this. iran certainly was providing weapons and support to hamas. there are people in the middle east who have argued to me that when he acknowledged hamas, when he acknowledged iran, he was waving good-bye to iran, that there is an effort to bring hamas over to egypt, qatar to more mod
i think mohamed morsy understands that. i think he's looking at the u.s. reaction. and i think a measured but strong response is better than trying to shift the tides of history because i think ultimately, you can't shift tides but you can do a constructive set of steps that help people think more clearly about what they're doing. >> i know we're bouncing around a bit but i want to talk more about what's happening on the border with gaza and israel. this week, when the leader of hamas...
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we will have to leave the mohamed morsi guy making the locus in this country but after within five five months or more since he had more sense starting to run trying to celebrate this step to use. just bar on that ball of the bar in this country to be on his side a lot of these people don't know my mother see as president was not like crossing the border. just before he picked up this problem all right making that awesome support of a grant from bremer seemed to stop the ration was a baby was thomas was. members of the constitutional assembly said they could vote on a new constitution in the coming few days after that morsi has promised to shed his newly acquired powers but blogger and journalist while as count has told me that he still believes real democracy is a long way off but the fact of the matter is that everything is going in the opposite direction of what the revolution is called for. the constituent assembly itself is a reflection of how unwilling to share power in the muslim brotherhood are and along with morsi. he says that he will give back hours as soon as the parliament
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the protesters are calling for the removal of it president mohamed morsy. earlier in the week, morsy increased his power saying none of his decrees could be overturned by the courts. opposition leaders say he is acting like a dictator. >> we could know by monday when the governor of illinois plans on holding a special election to replace jesse jackson junior. he resigned wednesday just two weeks after winning re-election citing on going mental health problems. he's also being investigated for possible misuse of campaign funds by the fbi. and for the first time he acknowledged that saying he will accept responsibility for his mistakes. >> number three, gas rationing in new york city will end today. that's according to mayor michael bloomberg. the city has been rationing gas by odd and even days since november 9th. recovery from superstorm sandy is far from complete. more than 30,000 people are still without power in new york and new jersey. 30,000. and governor chris christie says the storm cause add estimated $29.4 billion in damage in new jersey. >> number
the protesters are calling for the removal of it president mohamed morsy. earlier in the week, morsy increased his power saying none of his decrees could be overturned by the courts. opposition leaders say he is acting like a dictator. >> we could know by monday when the governor of illinois plans on holding a special election to replace jesse jackson junior. he resigned wednesday just two weeks after winning re-election citing on going mental health problems. he's also being investigated...
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we know president obama has been on the phone with mohamed morsi constantly over the last 48 hours. >> reporter: hi there, luke. we'll get more of an idea after secretary of state clinton meets with president morsi. she is just wrapping up that meeting. she is then going to see the foreign minister here and then give a press conference. hopefully in terms of the agreement, the second part of your question, we'll be getting some answers. in terms of morsi's role, as you say, he's a key mediator here. and if he emerges with a deal, there's no question but that this man, and keep in mind he's the former leader of the muslim brotherhood, he will emerge as a top regional power broker, that everyone will have to listen to. but the question is, will he get a deal? i mean, both sides seem to be close. they said they were close, within hours yesterday. that didn't happen. they just don't seem yet to be able to close the deal and that does give secretary of state hillary clinton's visit here much more urgency. >> jim, and real quick, we've seen a lot of protests in egypt over the last few month
we know president obama has been on the phone with mohamed morsi constantly over the last 48 hours. >> reporter: hi there, luke. we'll get more of an idea after secretary of state clinton meets with president morsi. she is just wrapping up that meeting. she is then going to see the foreign minister here and then give a press conference. hopefully in terms of the agreement, the second part of your question, we'll be getting some answers. in terms of morsi's role, as you say, he's a key...
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>> i don't think that it is the only factor that will get mohamed morsi to be an honest broker in the region. i think it's much -- it would be a much better bet to appeal to his sense of wanting to be a statesman. wanting to be a responsible actor, wanting to be -- to live up to the stature of everything that egypt can be in the community of nations. i think threatening mohamed morsi in that way of all the things that are going to motivate him, i'm not sure threats like that, that we are going to take away $2 billion which again, i would say yes, it's a difficult economy. but it's not quite what it used to be. >> what about the imf and the $4.8 billion they have in reserves potentially for egypt? i mean, it's a linchpin of cash that could flow their way or not. >> again, these are all complicated issues. i still am not sure that threatening mohamed morsi is the way to get what you want done. >> so we reported yesterday senator mccain suggested sending former president clinton to negotiate a longer deal. he could be an honest broker that brought a lot of leverage and graf aas the to it
>> i don't think that it is the only factor that will get mohamed morsi to be an honest broker in the region. i think it's much -- it would be a much better bet to appeal to his sense of wanting to be a statesman. wanting to be a responsible actor, wanting to be -- to live up to the stature of everything that egypt can be in the community of nations. i think threatening mohamed morsi in that way of all the things that are going to motivate him, i'm not sure threats like that, that we are...
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egypt's top judges join the fight against president mohamed morsi with tens of thousands of egyptians now calling for the islamist leader to step down. hopes are high for palestine is bad for an enhanced u.n. status international support for autonomy gains momentum despite ston shop position from israel and the u.s. . and germany's political opposition lashes out of the country's leaders for lying about the true costs of the greek rescue as the german parliament is set to vote on the latest package for the struggling new member. fortunately live from moscow nine am in the russian capital i'm marina joshie and a further escalation of the crisis in egypt the country stop judiciary have gone on strike to protest president morsi decree that greatly enlarged his power morse's move set off a nationwide wave of violence rallies with tens of thousands of egyptians calling for the islamist leader to step down journalist bill truth has the latest from cairo and we've had two kyrie's major courts with the country's major courts the constitutional court and the appeals court say they are going to
egypt's top judges join the fight against president mohamed morsi with tens of thousands of egyptians now calling for the islamist leader to step down. hopes are high for palestine is bad for an enhanced u.n. status international support for autonomy gains momentum despite ston shop position from israel and the u.s. . and germany's political opposition lashes out of the country's leaders for lying about the true costs of the greek rescue as the german parliament is set to vote on the latest...
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we will have to leave that mohamed morsi got to making the focus in this country but after within five five months and since have at most is starting to transition i'm trying. to use despoja i'm collecting all of the forms this country will be on his side a lot of these people don't want the r.c.a.'s that president was nowhere close to what i think of as just the way we have to think about this problem solving making that possible short of hammad morsi for his part has said that he does not want to become a dictator he wants compromise destroyed to work with the judges and he wants to make sure egypt gets a proper constitution however people here simply aren't buying that judges themselves have gone on strike having protests in cities around to egypt and these have been the scenes with protests some protestors having died reports of many more having been injured we've seen both police and protesters being. carried back by their comrades having been wounded by flying stones and choking on the take us situation here immensely tense that this is really not just a constitutional crisis tha
we will have to leave that mohamed morsi got to making the focus in this country but after within five five months and since have at most is starting to transition i'm trying. to use despoja i'm collecting all of the forms this country will be on his side a lot of these people don't want the r.c.a.'s that president was nowhere close to what i think of as just the way we have to think about this problem solving making that possible short of hammad morsi for his part has said that he does not...
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night in sheets of joy these people absolutely determined to go out to protest is that mohamed morsi was told to be ready to make that declaration that he didn't want to themselves we think was last tuesday we would have to leave that mohamed morsi got to make it democracy in this country but after within five five months of this or since he had more sense starting to run runs this country has said to use despair i'm collecting all of the poems this country to be on his side a lot of this you could hear but i don't know morsi is the president was nowhere close to what occurred. just the first week i think of this problem of having making that possible support of the big wins completely which. since you have to ration. of congress. members of the constitution and assembly said they could vote on a new constitution in the coming few days after that morsi has promised to shed his newly acquired powers but blogger and journalists while skandha has told me that he thinks he believes that real democracy is a long way off but the fact of the matter is that everything is going in the opposit
night in sheets of joy these people absolutely determined to go out to protest is that mohamed morsi was told to be ready to make that declaration that he didn't want to themselves we think was last tuesday we would have to leave that mohamed morsi got to make it democracy in this country but after within five five months of this or since he had more sense starting to run runs this country has said to use despair i'm collecting all of the poems this country to be on his side a lot of this you...
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egypt's top judge is joining the fight against president mohamed morsi with tens of thousands of egyptians now calling for the islamist leader to step down. and germany's political opposition lashes out of the country's leaders for lying about the true cost of the greek rescue as the german parliament is set to vote on the latest aid package for the struggling you've been. watching our new life from moscow was memory and joshie palestinians are eagerly anticipating thursday's you have a vote that could lead to the territory being granted statehood the autonomy is hoping to be upgraded from observer status to that of a nonmember observer state and there appears to be international support for the proposal despite strong opposition from israel and the united states journalist harry fear has more from gaza. the end of the day we have in here in the middle east we have an israeli state and then we have a normal palestinian state simply palestinian territories the palestinian people do not have rights like israelis do as a result of the status of national entity and so this is. by mahmoud abbas
egypt's top judge is joining the fight against president mohamed morsi with tens of thousands of egyptians now calling for the islamist leader to step down. and germany's political opposition lashes out of the country's leaders for lying about the true cost of the greek rescue as the german parliament is set to vote on the latest aid package for the struggling you've been. watching our new life from moscow was memory and joshie palestinians are eagerly anticipating thursday's you have a vote...
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it just stop judges joining the fight against president mohamed morsi it was a chance of thousands of egyptians now calling for the islamist leader to step down . hopes are high for palestine's bid for enhanced u.n. status as international support for the great gains momentum despite staunch resistance from this road and the western. germany's political opposition lashes out of the country's leaders for lying about the true costs of the greek rescue as a german parliament is set to vote on the latest a package for the struggling members. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie welcome to the program to further escalation of the crisis in egypt the country stop judiciary have gone on strike to protest president morsi is decree the greatly enlarged his powers morsi has moved set off a nationwide wave of violence rallies with tens of thousands of egyptians calling for the islamist leader to step down journalist bill true has the latest from cairo . and we've had to the choir is made to cool the country's major chords the constitutional court and the appeals c
it just stop judges joining the fight against president mohamed morsi it was a chance of thousands of egyptians now calling for the islamist leader to step down . hopes are high for palestine's bid for enhanced u.n. status as international support for the great gains momentum despite staunch resistance from this road and the western. germany's political opposition lashes out of the country's leaders for lying about the true costs of the greek rescue as a german parliament is set to vote on the...
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this is a huge test for president mohamed morsi both diplomatically and internationally. first, domestically the community the eptian seem to be pleased with mohamed morsi's reaction to what's happening in gaza. his harsh condemnation of israel's actions in gaza has pleased the egyptian street. but they're going to want a harsher and continue this sort of condemnation if the violence continues. well, if president mohamed morsi does go with that, he risks alienating foreign players. and especially now that's crucial because egypt is looking for money from other countries as its economy is staggering. so if egypt were to come out harsher against israel, it could alienate foreign donors. we're also reading in egyptian media people who are also condemning him for focusing too much on gaza and not enough on the problems in egypt right now. just this past week we had a train accident which saw dozens of children killed. and so people are saying why is president mohamed morsi focusing too much on gaza and not enough on the problems at home? so quick resolution to the conflict in
this is a huge test for president mohamed morsi both diplomatically and internationally. first, domestically the community the eptian seem to be pleased with mohamed morsi's reaction to what's happening in gaza. his harsh condemnation of israel's actions in gaza has pleased the egyptian street. but they're going to want a harsher and continue this sort of condemnation if the violence continues. well, if president mohamed morsi does go with that, he risks alienating foreign players. and...
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mohamed morsi under fire for granting himself extraordinary powers. will that affect cease-fire talks between israel and hamas? they're happening in egypt today. >> and $59 billion! retail records broken as americans crowded stores for some competitive shopping over the weekend. and now cyber monday is here. will shoppers be in even more of a spending mood? >> you want to talk about money? a new powerball jackpot. a new record in the cash payout. it's unreal. >> a packed two hours ahead for you this morning. new jersey congressman bill pascrell will be joining us, grover norquist, jamie rubin, dr. hanan ashrawi, will be our guest, peter billingsley from a christmas story, and grinle college hoops star jack taylor. remember him? big game he had the other day. and the one and only tony bennett, monday, november 26th. welcome, everybody, "starting point" this morning. is that a hint of compromise in the air on capitol hill? 35 days left till we reach the fiscal cliff. and a couple of key republicans are now suggesting that they're willing to forego their
mohamed morsi under fire for granting himself extraordinary powers. will that affect cease-fire talks between israel and hamas? they're happening in egypt today. >> and $59 billion! retail records broken as americans crowded stores for some competitive shopping over the weekend. and now cyber monday is here. will shoppers be in even more of a spending mood? >> you want to talk about money? a new powerball jackpot. a new record in the cash payout. it's unreal. >> a packed two...
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i know that the egyptian president, mohamed morsi, very much involved. he's got good relations with hamas, israelis have a relationship, i don't know how good it is, but they have a relationship with the egyptians. there have been israeli envoys that have gone to cairo to meet with high-ranking egyptian officials. trying to broker a deal. no trust, hamas has to trust for the israelis and israelis have no trust for the hamas. there have been a lot of rockets and missiles coming from gaza into israeli and the israeli air strikes pounded away at targets in garz. a lot of casualties. there's no goodwill on the part of either of these, they don't trust each other. having said that, looks like they're close. hamas seems to think within the next hour or two some agreement will be announced, thanks to the egyptians. but i spoke with the israeli government spokesman for the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the past hour, he said there's no deal yet. he didn't rule out there wouldn't be a deal but he said there's no deal yet. until all of the is are do
i know that the egyptian president, mohamed morsi, very much involved. he's got good relations with hamas, israelis have a relationship, i don't know how good it is, but they have a relationship with the egyptians. there have been israeli envoys that have gone to cairo to meet with high-ranking egyptian officials. trying to broker a deal. no trust, hamas has to trust for the israelis and israelis have no trust for the hamas. there have been a lot of rockets and missiles coming from gaza into...
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morsi-- hamdin sabbahi from the leftist al- karamah party, and constitution party founder mohamed el- baradei, who tweeted yesterday that morsi had appointed himself "a new pharaoh." in his decree, morsi also held out the possibility of a second trial for hosni mubarek for the killings of protestors. >> suarez: texpln why morsi took these steps and the reaction that followed, i'm joined by nathan brown, an expert on egyptian constitutional law and politics. he's a professor at george washington university. do you find it significant that this wasn't just tahrir square but alexandria, port said. >> oh, yes. essentially most of the non-islammist political forces in egypt-- that is the brotherhood and others aside-- have lined up against us. the real question is are they going to be able to form a united front? and do they have any strategy by which to overturn morsi's decisions. >> suarez: what exactly has he done through these decrees? what did he say-- what powers did he give to himself, basically, until there's a constitution? >> well, he did a lot of little things. he dismissed the
morsi-- hamdin sabbahi from the leftist al- karamah party, and constitution party founder mohamed el- baradei, who tweeted yesterday that morsi had appointed himself "a new pharaoh." in his decree, morsi also held out the possibility of a second trial for hosni mubarek for the killings of protestors. >> suarez: texpln why morsi took these steps and the reaction that followed, i'm joined by nathan brown, an expert on egyptian constitutional law and politics. he's a professor at...
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mohamed morsi. after all, muslim brotherhood, he, interestingly, could play a role maybe in a way that is better than president mubarak, who had no love lost for the -- for muslim brotherhood and other let's say more radical elements. so there is an interesting dynamic, i think, coming out in this, that role of president morsi. >> even though hillary clinton met with mahmoud abbas, who is a leader of a different faction of palestinians welcome the palestinian authority, the fattah group in the west bank, obviously did not meet with hamas, the u.s. does not recognize hamas, but most observers say hamas came out of the stronger and mahmoud abbas seems weakened in all of this. we'll see how that plays out in the days and months ahead. jill, appreciate the reporting. we'll check back with you as the story develops. the fragile cease-fire, we continue to show you on the right-hand side of your screen, the skies over gaza city, critical over the next minutes and hours to see if this cease-fire holds. will
mohamed morsi. after all, muslim brotherhood, he, interestingly, could play a role maybe in a way that is better than president mubarak, who had no love lost for the -- for muslim brotherhood and other let's say more radical elements. so there is an interesting dynamic, i think, coming out in this, that role of president morsi. >> even though hillary clinton met with mahmoud abbas, who is a leader of a different faction of palestinians welcome the palestinian authority, the fattah group...
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you see it in the fascinating relationship between president obama and mohammed morsi. two mag ma tist pragmatists trya way to mediate this. you see it in the backdrop of surprising riots in jordan which will cause increasing problems, you have that changing environment which you know far more about. but the arab street needs something different. these governments now need to be more responsive to their people so that is an opening for a different relationship. and the president, no american president is going to criticize israel's launching of this war. but this is an opening for a relationship with egypt, with turkey, to implement a cease-fire that will monitor arms smuggling into gaza. that will monitor israel's relationship. overarching all of it, such a painful issue to discuss. overarching -- all of it is a history. going back at least to '67. of the united states' role, maybe, the united states' role as the enabler. as the political diplomatic economic military enabler of an israeli policy. in many ways, a younger generation is seeing israelis, that is not in the
you see it in the fascinating relationship between president obama and mohammed morsi. two mag ma tist pragmatists trya way to mediate this. you see it in the backdrop of surprising riots in jordan which will cause increasing problems, you have that changing environment which you know far more about. but the arab street needs something different. these governments now need to be more responsive to their people so that is an opening for a different relationship. and the president, no american...
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just days ago egyptian president mohamed morsi was hailed as a peacemaker. now some accuse him of turning into a dictator after a dramatic power grab that has the u.s. concerned. cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department. jill, what's the reaction there? >> reporter: well, joe, the state department says that it is concerned. it wants more information. and it also says that one of the key aspirations during the egyptian revolution was to make sure that power was not concentrated in the hands of one individual person or any institution. this move comes just days after secretary of state hillary clinton broke off a trip to asia, raced to the middle east to try to broker a cease-fire. and now cnn has a behind-the-scenes look at that mission. the president and his secretary of state, high profile, high risk diplomacy on gaza. >> i will carry this message to cairo tomorrow. i will also be consulting with president abass. >> reporter: a senior state department official telling cnn "i have the beginnings of an ulcer to show this was
just days ago egyptian president mohamed morsi was hailed as a peacemaker. now some accuse him of turning into a dictator after a dramatic power grab that has the u.s. concerned. cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department. jill, what's the reaction there? >> reporter: well, joe, the state department says that it is concerned. it wants more information. and it also says that one of the key aspirations during the egyptian revolution was to make sure that...
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correspondent steve harrigan has the latest from cairo. >> egypt president mohammed morsi is looking for a way out the fire storm he created thursday when he claimed the orders were not subject to review by egypt's court that move sparked four days of violent street in egypt. in the protest, 13 offices of the muslim brotherhood, morsi's chief supporters were ransacked or set on fire. morsi met today with senior judges from the judiciary council looking for a compromise to halt the violence. aides say morsi might be willing to limit the scope of his decree, but not withdraw it entirely. morsi supporters say the increased powers are only temporary, until a new constitution is completed. opponents say it's a power grab and part of an attempt to instill islamic law in egypt. >> we demand the president listen to people who chose it. people elected him so he would defend the people. not to do what he pleases. >> the administration was careful with the words. not overly critical. we raised concerns. that in part answers the questions. >> they reach out for the direct communique to president
correspondent steve harrigan has the latest from cairo. >> egypt president mohammed morsi is looking for a way out the fire storm he created thursday when he claimed the orders were not subject to review by egypt's court that move sparked four days of violent street in egypt. in the protest, 13 offices of the muslim brotherhood, morsi's chief supporters were ransacked or set on fire. morsi met today with senior judges from the judiciary council looking for a compromise to halt the...
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thousands have protested since thursday when mohamed morsi granted himself extraordinary powers. he said judges cannot overturn any decision he makes or law he imposes. today morsi meets with egypt's highest judicial body. >>> john mccain seems to be softening his stance on susan rice. last week, the arizona senator vowed to do everything in his power to block rice's potential nomination to be secretary of state. blasting her for telling americans the september attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi was spontaneous and triggered by an anti-islam video. but now, mccain is dialing it back. >> i give everyone the benefit of explaining their position, and the actions that they took. i'll be glad to have the opportunity to discuss these issues with her. >> rice claims everything she said in the aftermath of the benghazi attack was based on information provided by u.s. intelligence agencies. >>> noted civil rights activist warren guyot. he led a black voter registration drive during mississippi's freedom summer of 1964. he had a history of heart problems. he was 73. >> and check out
thousands have protested since thursday when mohamed morsi granted himself extraordinary powers. he said judges cannot overturn any decision he makes or law he imposes. today morsi meets with egypt's highest judicial body. >>> john mccain seems to be softening his stance on susan rice. last week, the arizona senator vowed to do everything in his power to block rice's potential nomination to be secretary of state. blasting her for telling americans the september attack on the u.s....
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mohammed morsi declaring his word is above the rule of law. starting a ferocious reaction from a whole lot of egyptians as we look back to the two years that put him in power, is egypt better off? ambassador is former ambassador to the united nations for special political affairs, are they better or worse now? >> they are in a process. president morsi's move was clearly an overreach. where they are now is negotiating a constitution. what opponents of morsi will say in shaping this constitution they will put in to place into effect a permanent of dominance for the muslim brotherhood. that is why they are so up in arms because they fought against mubarek for many years. >> gregg: isn't that what is happening here. he has usurped all power, he has pronounced these untouchables and new fair oh of egypt and they are calling him. tens of thousands have taken the street to denounce morsi and burning the offices of muslim brotherhood in two cities. where do you see this going, ambassador? >> there was broad support for mubarek after and many people in
mohammed morsi declaring his word is above the rule of law. starting a ferocious reaction from a whole lot of egyptians as we look back to the two years that put him in power, is egypt better off? ambassador is former ambassador to the united nations for special political affairs, are they better or worse now? >> they are in a process. president morsi's move was clearly an overreach. where they are now is negotiating a constitution. what opponents of morsi will say in shaping this...
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as the resignation of the transport minister and outrage against president mohammed morsi has criticized for failing to answer the demands of last year's uprising for basic rights and social justice. thousands of people have rounded across france protesting against the government's plans to legalize same sex marriage and child adoption demonstrators donned blue white and pink colors in an alteration of the french line they claim the draft law which will be debated in parliament in january would undermine traditional family values and the foundations of. a russian premier league football match between two of the country's top teams was abandoned in the first half after flares fired from the stands badly injured one of the players the incident between bitter rivals anonymous and reigning champions zenit st petersburg saw their moscow goalkeeper hit was in it shouting obscenities at the players he was treated thomas has the details. anton shootin who is the goalkeeper for has been injured doctors have looked at him and they say that he has been blinded by this incident in that one i took yo
as the resignation of the transport minister and outrage against president mohammed morsi has criticized for failing to answer the demands of last year's uprising for basic rights and social justice. thousands of people have rounded across france protesting against the government's plans to legalize same sex marriage and child adoption demonstrators donned blue white and pink colors in an alteration of the french line they claim the draft law which will be debated in parliament in january would...
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rhetoric in tough condemnation by mohamed morsi. if you look at what is happening beyond the rhetoric, you can say egypt has not taken any steps that can be viewed as extreme or radical, certainly haven't taken up arms against the israelis. doesn't look like they have given hamas material support. they have come out and explicitly said they're going to maintain the peace accord signed in 1979 between egypt and israel, all these, don, are indications that this government is taking a measured and diplomatic approach to maintain the alliances and that should come out as good news for the israeli government in washington. still too early in the process. we're going to have to wait and see how this unfolds. >> are protesters set to take to the streets of tahrir square today to condemn the israeli air strike? >> reporter: well, they certainly did. they come out. it is important to point out, the protests were relatively small. nowhere near the numbers we have seen in protests before and that could be because of the aggressive diplomatic m
rhetoric in tough condemnation by mohamed morsi. if you look at what is happening beyond the rhetoric, you can say egypt has not taken any steps that can be viewed as extreme or radical, certainly haven't taken up arms against the israelis. doesn't look like they have given hamas material support. they have come out and explicitly said they're going to maintain the peace accord signed in 1979 between egypt and israel, all these, don, are indications that this government is taking a measured and...
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morsi that he things a ceasefire will be reached soon and must as i say then start on and it's onions role if the jewish state in that's the blockade that it's had in place on gaza as well as stops these assassinations and these stipulations were made during a meeting between hamas delegates and egypt officials in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by turkey in which it says that two key egypt the united states and russia should be involved in brokering some obtain is peace plans but it needs to be said that it's not marry care that either side really is ready for a cease fire both say that they are ready but only if the other stops and we've really seen an attempt at seaside when the egyptian prime minister visited gaza recently and during his visit that so-called cease fire was broken both sides played. for breaking it suits it doesn't seem at this stage that any kind of c.s.i. is on the plans there are reports israel's main massing is troops sometimes on the gaza border and have even been reports of shelling how far can we verify this information what we kno
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you are grateful to the egyptian president, mohammed morsi, for what he has now done? >> there's no doubt the egyptian proposal offers a future where we can have peace and quiet in the south. that's good for israelis. it's also good for gaza. weave got now egyptian sponsorship of a proposal. that's very important. in other words, these arrangements have garon tors in the region. egypt and internationally the united states, and we want to see the cease-fire last. we want to see it have longevity. we want the people of southern israel to have normal lives. >> mark, the spokesman for the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, who is getting to address the people at the bottom of the hour. obviously an historic development right now, but it's not going to be that easy making sure this is i wamplemented ful. it's complex. we'll see what the prime minister of israel has to say, but, mark, we have him giving us the first israeli reaction to this historic agreement, the cease-fire agreement in effect an agreement between israel and hamas to stop the fighting between isr
you are grateful to the egyptian president, mohammed morsi, for what he has now done? >> there's no doubt the egyptian proposal offers a future where we can have peace and quiet in the south. that's good for israelis. it's also good for gaza. weave got now egyptian sponsorship of a proposal. that's very important. in other words, these arrangements have garon tors in the region. egypt and internationally the united states, and we want to see the cease-fire last. we want to see it have...
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morsi has stated that he does expect the israelis to stop their operation by the end of tuesday so the signs of there the words are being said a cease fire is about to be implemented if indeed it has not already been and we just haven't been notified about it but you need to remember that we're talking about sworn enemies i mean a mass has on its charter the call for the destruction of the jewish state is welcomed sort of a massive terrorist organization and none of that changes despite the fact that a ceasefire is in effect meanwhile secretary of state hillary clinton is on route to the middle east is there a feeling that this visit will really help resolve the conflict. it's not necessarily that people here feel that the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton's visit will help resolve the conflict but so see she will be the final impetus for this resolution for a cease fire taking place she will be meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem she'll they meet with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas in ramallah she will not be meeting with him us becau
morsi has stated that he does expect the israelis to stop their operation by the end of tuesday so the signs of there the words are being said a cease fire is about to be implemented if indeed it has not already been and we just haven't been notified about it but you need to remember that we're talking about sworn enemies i mean a mass has on its charter the call for the destruction of the jewish state is welcomed sort of a massive terrorist organization and none of that changes despite the...
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these are your headlines for monday november twenty sixth two thousand and twelve egypt's president mohamed morsi today is reportedly standing behind a series of decrees he issued last week they granted new powers putting him above any oversight now this sent tens of thousands into the streets and sent the egyptian stock markets lungeing bloomberg reports the most since january of two thousand and eleven when the arab spring uprisings began in egypt so we'll talk to an egyptian investment firm managing director to put it in context and is there any connection between say protests in egypt and as a session movement in catalonia there's been a cattle on drive for independence from spain separatist saw gains in regional elections over the weekend is there a common economic gain underpinning unrest from egypt to spain to the u.s. are we going to see more of this we'll talk to michael krieger of liberty blitzkrieg plus it is this shopping day known as cyber monday today in the u.s. and we saw footage of money quickly changing hands over the weekend fueled by black friday deals but don't be foole
these are your headlines for monday november twenty sixth two thousand and twelve egypt's president mohamed morsi today is reportedly standing behind a series of decrees he issued last week they granted new powers putting him above any oversight now this sent tens of thousands into the streets and sent the egyptian stock markets lungeing bloomberg reports the most since january of two thousand and eleven when the arab spring uprisings began in egypt so we'll talk to an egyptian investment firm...
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morsi is emerged as the president of the masses after last year's revolution but does he still enjoy that reputation tonight. well this is a problem he's becoming in a way a devout version of president mubarak one might set her sights he's got this huge huge loss from organizing a ceasefire between israel and hamas in gaza and then twenty four hours later almost he's maclaren himself effectively the absolute ruler of egypt for the coming period anyway finally have one of the three rules by decree but also to decide on the constitutional framework coming out who will actually sit in the constitutional commission with company losing members of their wives if you do resign and also in a sense. pathway to elections for policy to personal home mom. we have seen this coming be surely he must of know what the reaction would be is it because he's now where how do you know by doing this weekend the powers of other government branches by this decree what he done all this well i think he wants to carry through a revolution and one problem is that his i do with democracy i think displayed by the
morsi is emerged as the president of the masses after last year's revolution but does he still enjoy that reputation tonight. well this is a problem he's becoming in a way a devout version of president mubarak one might set her sights he's got this huge huge loss from organizing a ceasefire between israel and hamas in gaza and then twenty four hours later almost he's maclaren himself effectively the absolute ruler of egypt for the coming period anyway finally have one of the three rules by...
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we heard of a meeting monday between mohammed morsi and the chief judiciary council so there could be a opportunity for one side to step back from the precipice which is growing loud and dangerous here in cairo. >> shannon: thank you. >> we think mr. morsi for his efforts in brokering a cease-fire, which is fragile, but this is not acceptable. this is not what the united states of america taxpayers expect and our dollars will be directly related to the progress towards democracy, which you promised the people of egypt when your party and you were elected president. >> that was senator john mccain saying while the egyptian president's efforts in the israeli palestinian conflict are to be applauded, it's time for president obama to condemn him. early today i sat down with chris wallace for the inside scoop on his interview with the senator. >> as things heat up you had senator john mccain with you today to talk about mohammed morsi power grab. >> he's concerned. does the old saying it's not the first election, it's the second election. once people get into power, do they continue the de
we heard of a meeting monday between mohammed morsi and the chief judiciary council so there could be a opportunity for one side to step back from the precipice which is growing loud and dangerous here in cairo. >> shannon: thank you. >> we think mr. morsi for his efforts in brokering a cease-fire, which is fragile, but this is not acceptable. this is not what the united states of america taxpayers expect and our dollars will be directly related to the progress towards democracy,...
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despite backing down on his controversial decrees egypt's president mohamed morsi faced another day of upheaval. huge crowds gathering in tahrir square and police crashed in the streets of cairo, scenes reminiscent of the revolution nearly two years ago. ayman mohyeldin has the latest. is this calming down at all, ayman? he made some concessions so there was a thought, perhaps, from morsi supporters that the protesters would begin to back down. doesn't seem so. >> well, you know, when we've been speaking to the people here in tahrir square and it boils down to an issue of trust. everyone here behind me will tell you they don't trust president mohamed morsi and the muslim brotherhood. they've experienced their rule in parliament and as a president and don't trust the words of the president. that's what we saw last night, president mohamed morsi coming out with a decree or statement following the decree controversial on thursday, came out after meeting with some of the judges saying he was going to use his new powers narrowly. the people think this is an attempt by the president and musl
despite backing down on his controversial decrees egypt's president mohamed morsi faced another day of upheaval. huge crowds gathering in tahrir square and police crashed in the streets of cairo, scenes reminiscent of the revolution nearly two years ago. ayman mohyeldin has the latest. is this calming down at all, ayman? he made some concessions so there was a thought, perhaps, from morsi supporters that the protesters would begin to back down. doesn't seem so. >> well, you know, when...
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morsi that he things a ceasefire will be reached and mass president stuff on and on you if the jewish state in the blockade that it's had in place on gaza as well as stops these assassinations and these stipulations were made during the meeting between and and egypt and its actions in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by to keep in which it says it to egypt the united states and russia should be involved in soho teigne peace plans if it needs to be said and that it's not very clear that either side really is ready for a cease fire so to say that they are ready but only if the other stops and we've really seen an attempt to see. when the egyptian prime minister visited gaza recently and during his visit that so-called cease fire was broken both sides. breaking its suit so it doesn't seem at this stage that any kind of c.s.i. is on the plans israel has been moving its tanks as well as its armored personnel vehicles have been down the israeli gaza border for several days now and this does raise the whole question of whether nothing is going to be an imminent grou
morsi that he things a ceasefire will be reached and mass president stuff on and on you if the jewish state in the blockade that it's had in place on gaza as well as stops these assassinations and these stipulations were made during the meeting between and and egypt and its actions in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by to keep in which it says it to egypt the united states and russia should be involved in soho teigne peace plans if it needs to be said and that it's...
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secretary clinton is in cairo where she met with president mohamed morsi of egypt who's mediating the discussions. as secretary clinton carries the official white house message there is new attention being paid to the president's strategic options in the region. "the washington post" writes president obama's decision to send his top diplomat on an emergency middle east peace making mission tuesday marked an administration shift to a more active vist role in the region's affairs and offered clues to how he may use the political elbow room afforded by a second term. beyond a cease-fire agreement, the president could try to throw his political clout behind a larger, long-term solution here. so far, no deal has materialized between israel and gaza. also, a bus bombing in tel aviv could push both sides further apart. 19 people were injured, three critically, in what was the first terror attack in israel in four years. police say, however, the incident was not a suicide bombing. joining me now, former assistant secretary of state, p.j. crowley and from tel aviv, nbc news correspondent steph
secretary clinton is in cairo where she met with president mohamed morsi of egypt who's mediating the discussions. as secretary clinton carries the official white house message there is new attention being paid to the president's strategic options in the region. "the washington post" writes president obama's decision to send his top diplomat on an emergency middle east peace making mission tuesday marked an administration shift to a more active vist role in the region's affairs and...
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morsi tomorrow. i want to bring in cnn's wolf blitzer, who is live for us in jerusalem tonight, and anderson cooper and ben wedeman, both in gaza city. wolf, let me start with you if i may. a very tense day with claim and counterclaim coming almost on an hourly basis. there was going to be a cease-fire, then no cease-fire. both sides trading sort of insults and then offering fig leaves. what do you make of it all? as we talk now in the middle of a night there, what do you make of where we really are with this? >> well, throughout most of the day, i thought they were very close to reaching a cease-fire agreement. all the signs looked rather positive. then all of a sudden, on this day, it was getting increasingly more tense in the southern part of israel and what we've been seeing in gaza, very, very bloody as well. you wouldn't know that they are apparently rather close to some sort of a deal, that the egyptian government, the new president, mohammed morsi, seemed to be brokering. they may still get s
morsi tomorrow. i want to bring in cnn's wolf blitzer, who is live for us in jerusalem tonight, and anderson cooper and ben wedeman, both in gaza city. wolf, let me start with you if i may. a very tense day with claim and counterclaim coming almost on an hourly basis. there was going to be a cease-fire, then no cease-fire. both sides trading sort of insults and then offering fig leaves. what do you make of it all? as we talk now in the middle of a night there, what do you make of where we...
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we begin in egypt, and its president, mohamed morsi. clearly underestimated, his deft handling of what is a mine field of competing interests has given him much needed political capital in both the arab world and the united states. >> first civilian president in egypt perceived as a weak leader has much to everyone's surprise delivered. >> reporter: then there's israel and its tenacious prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. after israel targeted and killed hamas' military leader, he launched air strikes, hitting more than 1,500 targets in gaza, dismantling some of hamas' arsenal of weapons. and israel had a successful come bait debut of iron dome that kept rockets from hitting israeli civilians. but the counter point is ironic. hamas emerges as a big winner from this conflict and its truce. >> hamas has consolidated control over gaza and gained more legitimacy. >> reporter: in the eyes of the palestinian people, the militant leaders of gaza took on israel more boldly than ever before. firing rockets further than ever before. and they may
we begin in egypt, and its president, mohamed morsi. clearly underestimated, his deft handling of what is a mine field of competing interests has given him much needed political capital in both the arab world and the united states. >> first civilian president in egypt perceived as a weak leader has much to everyone's surprise delivered. >> reporter: then there's israel and its tenacious prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. after israel targeted and killed hamas' military leader, he...
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this is a big moment for mohammed morsi. a couple of years ago he was part of the outlawed muslim brotherhood. president obama, and not only that, but netanyahu have talked about the key egyptian rule and president morsi's role in this. the only other wild-card going forward is the iranian backers, specifically islamic jihad inside gaza. hamas does not control all of them, and there is a reasonable chance that iran will put pressure on those groups to break the cease-fire would try to put it on tender hooks for a while to flex their muscles with the israelis. megyn: leland vittert live with breaking news. we will be back with breaking news as the show progresses. in the past 24 hours, hillary clinton met with the palestinian president and the egyptian egyptian leadership who has been mediating between israel and hamas. ahead, we will take a closer look at the role of the cease-fire talks and where this could go from here and what happens if it is not honored and it falls apart. monica crowley joins me live coming up next. im
this is a big moment for mohammed morsi. a couple of years ago he was part of the outlawed muslim brotherhood. president obama, and not only that, but netanyahu have talked about the key egyptian rule and president morsi's role in this. the only other wild-card going forward is the iranian backers, specifically islamic jihad inside gaza. hamas does not control all of them, and there is a reasonable chance that iran will put pressure on those groups to break the cease-fire would try to put it on...
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it is there that she'll meet with egyptian president mohamed morsi. he predicted earlier today that the aggression on gaza would end in a few hours. i want to bring in cnn's jill dougherty, who is at the state department. and, jill, the u.s. does not talk to hamas. both talk to egypt. egypt now is the middle man. is clinton -- what is secretary clinton hoping to achieve in her talks with morsi? right now, we're only dealing with the cease-fire, really no long-term solution. >> right. and that's a very good point. so what we're told here at the state department is she has the most immediate objective which is to try to facilitate and help in some fashion to bring about what the state department is calling deescalation. that is the fighting stops, the firing stops, the rockets stop. and, of course, there is no invasion or anything like that. so that's number one. but number two is the state department explains that it gives space, theoretically, at least, for some of those longer, maybe medium-term to longer issues, like the blockade of gaza, which the
it is there that she'll meet with egyptian president mohamed morsi. he predicted earlier today that the aggression on gaza would end in a few hours. i want to bring in cnn's jill dougherty, who is at the state department. and, jill, the u.s. does not talk to hamas. both talk to egypt. egypt now is the middle man. is clinton -- what is secretary clinton hoping to achieve in her talks with morsi? right now, we're only dealing with the cease-fire, really no long-term solution. >> right. and...
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we know that mohammed morsi made the first trip to iran. if he truly does either brokeer a cease-fire and enforce it, and cut ties with hamas, that would be very positive thing. >> shannon: juan, talking with the ambassador, he doesn't seem to take hamas, he doesn't, he doesn't take them at their word. how can you negotiate,be have any legitimate negotiation with imposing group if you don't trust the basic things they have to say to you? >> that is why it's important to ve giant and morsi here as sort of an intermediary. because you can tell by the interest on morsi's role use him to make a deal. the effort here, i think, this is the problem we have seen today with the language coming from turkey, israel as terrorist state, israel is a military, superior in the military means to anything that the palestinians can do. and it's playing badly in much of the arab world. it's seen as, in fact, playing badly in the western world. israel beating up on the inferior opponent. >> shannon: when is it surrounded on many sides by enemies what is it expe
we know that mohammed morsi made the first trip to iran. if he truly does either brokeer a cease-fire and enforce it, and cut ties with hamas, that would be very positive thing. >> shannon: juan, talking with the ambassador, he doesn't seem to take hamas, he doesn't, he doesn't take them at their word. how can you negotiate,be have any legitimate negotiation with imposing group if you don't trust the basic things they have to say to you? >> that is why it's important to ve giant and...
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we were hearing and we are waiting for a report from reza sayeh, what egypt's president mohamed morsi is now saying. he is saying that id real's aggression, as he calls it, against gaza will end some time today, maybe in a few hours and that egyptian-mediated efforts will produce positive results. reza sayeh is reporting for us on this issue. he joins us live. so, back up and give us some detail. is mohamed morsi really the person who would be able to effectively say that this aggression now ends? >> reporter: well, it's tough to say. what we do know is that it's intelligence officials in egypt that are apparently leading the negotiations and the man who is doing it is mohammed mashat. in 2011 he helped to negotiate the release of israeli soldier, which suggests this egyptian spy chief has pretty strong contacts in tel aviv and pretty strong contacts in hamas. mohamed morsi, the president, coming out and saying he expects israeli aggression to stop on tuesday. that's pretty consistent to similar statements we've heard over the past 24 hours. last night, an egyptian intelligence offici
we were hearing and we are waiting for a report from reza sayeh, what egypt's president mohamed morsi is now saying. he is saying that id real's aggression, as he calls it, against gaza will end some time today, maybe in a few hours and that egyptian-mediated efforts will produce positive results. reza sayeh is reporting for us on this issue. he joins us live. so, back up and give us some detail. is mohamed morsi really the person who would be able to effectively say that this aggression now...
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thousands demonstrating against a controversial grab for power by mohammed morsi. many saying he's acting like a modern day pharaoh. a big republican turns his back on the grover norquist tax pledge. is the gop preparing to give in to the president? is and thousands of people packing into stores today. watch your wallet. we'll tell you how the shopping season is really adding up. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm tom foreman. egypt erupts. thousands of angry egyptians have been protesting in opposition to a controversial power grabby egypt's president. at least 80 people have been injured and one killed in clashes with police who fired tear gas into the crowds. the unrest began after he issued a series of orders which allow him to run the country unchecked until a new constitution is written. morsi says his actions are meant to speed up reform and achieve political and social stability. >> translator: i have said beforened i repeat again, that i would never use a legislation against individuals, parties, men, women or muslims or christians for personal gai
thousands demonstrating against a controversial grab for power by mohammed morsi. many saying he's acting like a modern day pharaoh. a big republican turns his back on the grover norquist tax pledge. is the gop preparing to give in to the president? is and thousands of people packing into stores today. watch your wallet. we'll tell you how the shopping season is really adding up. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm tom foreman. egypt erupts. thousands of angry...
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it's a critical day for mohamed morsi, a former leader of the muslim brotherhood which began on thursday when he issued the decree putting all his decisions effectively above the law. he said he was doing that to protect egypt's very slow move towards democracy from the judges and prosecutors mostly hand picked by hosni mubarak who were seen as sabotaging the process. the backlash was huge, was immediate, the past four days with national strikes, a sit-in on tahrir square and on going clashes between pro morsi and anti--morsi camps and the riot police. so far neither side has backed down. the pressures are growing. egypt's stock market, after losing $5 billion yesterday, has dropped another 5% today. all eyes now are on this meeting between top judges and morsi who it's hoped we'll find some kind of face-saving end to a crisis splitting egypt apart just when it should be sitting down, unified, and working on things like a new constitution. lynn, if there's any reminder of how all this might play out, there's a funeral later today in cairo for the first fatality, a teenage protester shot
it's a critical day for mohamed morsi, a former leader of the muslim brotherhood which began on thursday when he issued the decree putting all his decisions effectively above the law. he said he was doing that to protect egypt's very slow move towards democracy from the judges and prosecutors mostly hand picked by hosni mubarak who were seen as sabotaging the process. the backlash was huge, was immediate, the past four days with national strikes, a sit-in on tahrir square and on going clashes...
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>> well, mohamed morsi was a cunning man. look at the timing. he did this attack, if you will, on the constitution and the attack on the judges right after he brokered the deal between israel and hamas. so he was already rending services in the international community and then asking for a license at home. it's really basically a page from the book of hosni mubarak. i think in washington, there is great uncertainty, what to do with the islamists in power. this is not just from this crisis of november 2b 22nd, this crisis of the last week behind us. this has been the case since the fall of the dictatorship of hosni mubarak, what to do with the islamists in egypt, what to do with the islamists in tunisia and what to do with the rise of the islamists in the region as a whole. >> over the weekend, senator john mccain said, our dollars will be directly related to the progress towards democracy. if you add up all the economic and military assistance the u.s. gives egypt every year, it's about $1.5 billion. should that be used as leverage to try to get
>> well, mohamed morsi was a cunning man. look at the timing. he did this attack, if you will, on the constitution and the attack on the judges right after he brokered the deal between israel and hamas. so he was already rending services in the international community and then asking for a license at home. it's really basically a page from the book of hosni mubarak. i think in washington, there is great uncertainty, what to do with the islamists in power. this is not just from this crisis...